Rec Room Is Shutting Down In June
UploadVR • • technology
Key Points:
- Rec Room, a social gaming platform that grew to 150 million users since its 2016 VR launch, announced it will shut down permanently on June 1, 2026, due to sustained unprofitability despite its popularity.
- Initially a VR-only platform, Rec Room expanded to flatscreen, mobile, and consoles over the years but struggled financially, especially amid recent VR market shifts and broader gaming industry challenges.
- The company faced significant operational difficulties, including two rounds of layoffs in 2025 that cut staff by over half, following a failed expansion of user-generated tools to consoles and mobile devices.
- Rec Room outlined a phased shutdown process, stopping new account creations, friend additions, and monetized content creation, while ending subscription services and rewards programs by mid-2026.
- All in-game purchases and token-related transactions will cease before the servers go offline, with substantial discounts on first-party content and a final deadline for spending tokens set for June 1, 2026.
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